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for leave, specifying the title and object of the Bill, or by a motion to appoint a Committee to prepare and bring it in, or by an order of the House 011 the report of the Committee. 37. That the Member having leave to in a Bill, shall prepare the draft of such Bill with the necessary blanks to be filled up in Committee ; and shall, 011 an early day, present a fair copy thereof to the House. 38. That no clause shall be inserted in any Bill, which shall be foreign to what the title of such Bill imports : and that sucli matters as have no proper relation to each other shall not be intermixed in one and the same Bill. 39. That no perpetual clause shall be inserted in any Bill the provisions of which are intended to be temporary ; and that the temporary character of the Bill shall be declared in the title, and the precise duration mentioned in a distinct clause at the end thereof. 40. That at the first and second reading of any Bill, the title only shall be read by the Clerk ; and that the first reading shall take place without discussion. 41. That every Bill read a first time shall, on leave obtained, be printed with as little delay as possible, and that two copies shall be provided for each Member by the Clerk. 42. That after the first reading of a Bill, its second reading, shall be moved for some convenient future day. 43. That after a Bill shall have been read a second time, the House shall resolve itself into a Committee for the consideration of it in detail, unless it be deemed expedient by the House, that it should be referred to a Select Committee, in which case a Committee for that purpose shall be at once appointed with the requisite instructions. 44. That Bills in Committee of the whole House, shall be debated clause by clause, the question being put on each, leaving the preamble and title to be last considered. 45. That Amendments merely of a verbal or formal nature may be made 011 motion in any part of a Bill, at any time during its progress through the House or Committee. 46. That clerical and typographical errors may be corrected in any part of a Bill by the Chairman of Committees.